BLU meetings - what would you like to see?

[Sheldon Dubrowin]

These look great.  Also:

	Kernel 2.2 - the war stories from upgrades to better performance?

	KDE, I'm not sure what the exact difference is with KDE and GNOME.

	Even something just on X Windows.  I use it, but don't understand
	a lot of what it does and how it works, especially how to configure
	XF86Config.

		Shel

On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 04:05:23PM -0500, rir at mediaone.net wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, John Abreau wrote:
> 
> "GNOME"
> 
> "raid"
> 
> "rcs / cvs"
> 
> Seeing that Samba was a good draw, might suggest that
> topics on the classic niche serious uses of linux have
> appeal to less fervent linuxers.  What's a "classic niche
> use"?  It is what nearly every article in the mainstream
> IT press says that linux is getting beyond:  
> 
>    "A programmer's practical introduction to Linux/Unix" 
>    The basic toolkit on linux is not flashy
>    but packs a lot of power:  gcc, g++, make, gdb.
>    Easing editor withdrawal. 
> 
>    "Webserving with linux"
> 
>    "Mailserving with linux"
> 
>    "Firewalling with linux"
> 
> 
> "High availability systems using commodity hardware"
> Make your linux system even more solid.  Stategies
> to restore service quickly.  Readonly /usr filesystems,
> alternate /boot filesystems, syncronising a backup
> server to a host and rollover techniques.  Filesystems
> which don't require long fscks.  Software raid. 
> 
> "Connecting Linux to the Database"
> Linux as a database client.  Tools & Techniques.
> 
> "Solidstate Linux"
> Diskless linux.  Embedded.  NCs.  Xstations. Routers.
> 
> "Linux data server"
> Getting someone who has done a serious survey/evaluation
> and implementation of a data server could be interesting.
> 
> > In the past, I've tended to seek out technical speakers and topics for our 
> > Linux meetings. Now that Linux is becoming more mainstream, we can start
> > scheduling less technical topics. I'd like to hear what people think about
> > this, and about what you'd like to see at our meetings.
> 
> I have found the presentations over the last six months
> to be very accessable in regards to expertise.
> 
> I don't like the sound of "scheduling less technical topics."  but
> the meaning is not really clear.  From where I sit it seems like
> your meetings are a success, why mess?
> 
> One small failing in some of the presentations.  Tuning
> the visuals is worth more effort.  Sure it is dead time
> to spend a few minutes adjusting fonts or lights, 
> but the enhancement of the rest of the presentation is 
> a big payback.
> 
> rob
> 
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